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FRANCINE EVERETT in DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM, U.S.A. (1946) dir. Spencer Williams

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Vintage Black Glamour | 1950s

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Black Panthers protesting against the Vietnam War, Washington D.C, 1969.

Photo by Bruno Barbey

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HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

brooklyn bail fund

minnesota freedom fund

atlanta action network

columbus freedom fund

louisville community bail fund

chicago bond

black visions collective

richmond community bail fund

the bail project inc

nw com bail fund

philadelphia bail fund

the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme

george floyd’s family gofundme

blacklivesmatter.com

reclaim the block

aclu

turn off your adblocker and put the video on repeat. do not skip ads. let it play on loop whether you’re listening or not. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere. but let. it. play.

youtube will donate to blm for you.

please, please reblog. for people who don’t have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.

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Lillian Gish, 1920s. Photo by Ruth Harriet Louise

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Criterion Channel is offering some of their black-centered films for free right now

Body and Soul (1925) dir. Oscar Micheaux

The Scar of Shame (1929) dir. Frank Perugini

note the director was white but the cast is all-black

Portrait of Jason (1967) dir. Shirley Clarke

note that I’ve seen this and the doc itself is a bit exploitative and hard to watch in the director’s treatment of Jason but imo still worth a watch for Jason alone

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One (1968) dir. William Greaves

Interesting concept but be warned of rampant homophobia esp. use of the f slur

Black Panthers (1970) dir. Agnès Varda

Again white director but she gives the party room to speak for itself

A Well Spent Life (1971) dir. Les Blank

Suzanne, Suzanne (1982) dir. Camille Billops, James Hatch

Cane River (1982) dir. Horace Jenkins

Losing Ground (1982) dir. Kathleen Collins

My Brother’s Wedding (1983) dir. Charles Burnett

Daughters of the Dust (1991) dir. Julie Dash

The Watermelon Woman (1996) dir. Cheryl Dunye

Down in the Delta (1998) dir. Maya Angelou

And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead (2015) dir. Billy Woodberry

Black Mother (2018) dir. Khalik Allah

EDIT: I am in the US and know that Criterion Channel is only available in certain countries, but someone added it wasn’t region locked for them so its worth a try if you’re not in America/dont have a VPN

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this guy who i used to go to church with and haven’t spoken to in like 3 years is messaging me on fb….. wth

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LAURA BOWMAN in TEN MINUTES TO LIVE (1932) dir. Oscar Micheaux

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fuck it.... im back on tumblr

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More like Trader HOES!!… More like WHORE Foods!!!

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men really be like “well this woman has studied this subject her whole life, and i am a man, so we have equal knowledge on this”

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me talking to a man: i know. i know. yeah i know. i know. i’m aware. yes i already know that

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Green silk shoes, appx 1925

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Green silk shoes, appx 1925

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Rita’s 100th Birthday: My Favorite Pictures of Rita

#32 Rita looking summery lounging on a chair in 1944.